ROCKET SCIENCE - NANO DAILY

NASA 'green' propellant passes major pre-flight milestone

Apr 04, 2016 (SPX)

Like all rocket engines, the small thrusters that a spacecraft or satellite fires to maintain or change positions need fuel. Currently, many use hydrazine - a t...

Blue Origin rocket makes third successful vertical landing

Apr 02, 2016 (AFP)

American space firm Blue Origin successfully completed the third launch and vertical landing of its reusable New Shepard rocket on Saturday, company founder and...

Russia to unveil new rockets; First Vostochny launch set for April

Mar 31, 2016 (Sputnik)

Russia will show the design of a super-heavy space launch vehicle before the end of 2016, the head of Roscosmos State Corporation said Wednesday. By the end of ...

N. Korea still years from solid-fuel missile system: US expert

Mar 30, 2016 (AFP)

North Korea's recent solid-fuel rocket engine test suggests a step forward in missile technology, but it remains many years from using such advanced motors for ...

Is private investment driving innovation in the Aerospace industry?

Mar 30, 2016 (SPX)

Once upon a time, investment in what was originally known as the Space Race was the preserve of national governments. Frankly it was too expensive - and risky -...

SSL selected to provide powerful all-electric satellite to Eutelsat

Mar 29, 2016 (SPX)

Space Systems Loral (SSL) has announced that it was selected to provide a high power all-electric satellite to Eutelsat, one of the world's leading satellite op...

Precision meets progress in welding on SLS liquid oxygen tanks

Mar 28, 2016 (SPX)

A liquid oxygen tank confidence article for NASA's new rocket, the Space Launch System, completes final welding on the Vertical Assembly Center at Michoud Assem...

ULA completes preliminary design review for Vulcan Centaur

Mar 28, 2016 (Sputnik)

United Launch Alliance (ULA) has completed preliminary design review (PDR) for a launch vehicle dubbed the Vulcan Centaur, ULA President Tory Bruno said in a pr...

N. Korean leader claims solid-fuel rocket success

Mar 24, 2016 (AFP)

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has claimed an "historic" advance in the country's nuclear strike capability with the successful test of a solid-fuel rocket eng...

N. Korean leader hails solid-fuel rocket success

Mar 24, 2016 (AFP)

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has claimed an "historic" advance in the country's nuclear strike capability with the successful test of a solid-fuel rocket eng...

US Should Use More Cost-Effective Russian-Made RD-180 Engine

Mar 21, 2016 (Sputnik)

The United States should use the Russian-made RD-180 rocket engine to launch national security payloads into space because it is the most cost-effective alterna...

Robert Goddard's Rocket and the Launch of Spaceflight

Mar 17, 2016 (SPX)

Ninety years ago, on March 16, 1926, a rocket lifted off - not with a bang, but with a subtle, quiet flame - and forever changed the scope of scientific explora...

Engine Test Marks Major Milestone on NASA's Journey to Mars

Mar 15, 2016 (SPX)

NASA successfully tested the first deep space RS-25 rocket engine for 500 seconds March 10, clearing a major milestone toward the next great era of space explor...

Development of all electric propulsion satellite Electra kick offs

Mar 14, 2016 (SPX)

SES S.A. announced Friday the signature of contracts, in the presence of Luxembourg's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Economy Etienne Schneider, for t...

NASA Prepares to Fly - First RS-25 Flight Engine Test Set for March

Mar 10, 2016 (SPX)

It is business as usual as NASA engineers prepare for an upcoming RS-25 rocket engine test at Stennis Space Center. They are well-versed on all of the pre-test ...

Final hardware delivered for second SLS booster test

Mar 10, 2016 (SPX)

The fifth and final segment for a full-scale test version of NASA's Space Launch System booster is delivered March 2 to Orbital ATK's Promontory, Utah, test sit...

US Air Force awards ULA and XCOR contract for upper stage propulsion

Mar 10, 2016 (SPX)

United Launch Alliance (ULA) has awarded XCOR Aerospace with a new contract through the United States Air Force to develop an upper stage propulsion system for ...

US Air Force reveals cost of Russian rocket engines' replacement

Mar 04, 2016 (Sputnik)

Early suspension of US reliance on the Russian RD-180 rocket engines to deliver heavy payloads into space will cost US taxpayers as much as $5 billion, Air Forc...

Russian eyes nuclear engine for fast space travel

Mar 03, 2016 (Sputnik)

A nuclear engine currently being developed in Russia by the nuclear agency Rosatom and the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) will allow a spaceship to re...

Aerojet and ULA partner with USAF to develop RD-180 replacement engine

Mar 02, 2016 (SPX)

The U.S. Air Force selected Aerojet Rocketdyne, a subsidiary of Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc., and United Launch Alliance (ULA) to share in a public-private...